Trouble on Northwest Rail Lines Causes Freight Delays
Freight congestion grips western North Dakota and Montana divisions of Great Northern and Northern Pacific due to boilermaker strike. Through shipments from Chicago to Montana delayed six weeks plus. shortage of locomotives forces two section trains. Montana coalfields idle, coal famine feared. stock and barley shipments delayed across region as railroads struggle to fill car orders.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Montana
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Jamestown
Tthe
Carbon County
South Dakota
Glasgow
Williston
Wool, Fights Girl's Family, Wins Heff
Charles Trois of 2526 North Tenth Street faced arraignment on charges of kidnapping Rosy Buccelli after a week of violent clashes with her father and brother. He later married the 14 year old with alleged consent, the dispute ending in a knife fight and his own beating. The hearing resulted in Trois being discharged.
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Philadelphia
Charles Trois
North Tenth Street
James Gorman
Trois
Rosy Buccelli
Tony Buccelli
Buccelli
Hartje divorce case rocked by new letters and poison claim
In the Hartje divorce suit in Pittsburgh a sensational Philadelphia filing alleges Mrs. Hartje’s sisters wrote letters to Howard Lappe and a coachman, and a letter to Tom Madine claims poisoning attempts. The letters also accuse the sisters of blackmail to obtain money, threatening testimony shifts.
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Pittsburg
Superior Court
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Philadelphia
Hartje
Ida
Helen Scott
Steel Trust Plotted With Sheriff in Strike Suit
John Moser of Chisholm sues Duluth sheriff and United States Steel Trust for 5000 damages claiming a conspiracy to deputize guards during the strike. He says a hat was shot from his head during the dispute.
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Duluth
Minn
United States Steel Trust
Sherif Bates
John Moser
Chisholm
Moser
Two Die in Portage County Football Prosecution
Portage Pa October 10 The county has begun prosecution of participants in last Saturday's football game in which Thomas Bertram was injured and died Sunday The prosecuting attorney says he will attempt to stop football games claiming a clause in state laws can be applied to ban them
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Portage
Thomas Bertram
Railway chiefs decry rate laws in three railroads
In New York on October 16 the Atchison, Wabash, and Chesapeake and Ohio issued annual reports denouncing anti railroad legislation. They warn that investor confidence and funded railway expansion hinge on fair rates and stable credit, noting suspensions and capped capital spending. Wabash cites 2 cent passenger laws as harming future revenue.
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New York
Atchison
Wabash
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ripley
Atchison, Stays
Stevens
Delano
The
Indiana
Ilineis
Missouri
Iowa
Bees to Philippines on urgent transport for cross fertilization
United States scientists rush a cargo of bumble bees to the Philippines in response to an order from agricultural officials. Luzon experiments show bumble bees outperform the common bee for cross fertilization as harvest season nears.
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M. A
Washington
Philippines
Islands
Philippine
Agricultural Department
Luzon
Nature Faker After Roosevelt Again
Stamford Connecticut October 10 Dr William Y Long the writer branded as fakes by President Roosevelt has returned from a nine weeks rest in the Maine woods A reporter asked about the presidents bear hunt He said its Roosevelts business not mine He criticized the presidents tale of killing eleven bears and cubs and urged sportsmen to save bears and game He hopes the hunting or the preaching will be omitted this time
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Stamford
Conn
William Y. Long
Roosevelt
Maine Woods
Officers wed every woman in circus in remote fortress
In Asiatic Russia Oct 10 the garrison of a frontier city saw a traveling circus attract all eleven women of the troupe. Officers from general to lieutenant married each performer within two weeks, after the circus owner introduced them to the saluted women. The garrison then saw the tents fold and depart quietly.
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Sam
Asiatic
Russia
Tamerlane
Garison
Golinovitech
Europe
Sarmaredad
Golinovitch
Juno
Iider
Haute Ecole
Juscher
Packer Banquet To Honor Men At Convention
Chicago packers spend ten thousand dollars on a feast for American Meat Packers Association members in the Auditorium Annex. The gala titled Ye olden tyme Enelyshe dinner features period menu, decorations, and costumes as the convention opens.
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Chiersa
Chicago Pancka
American Meat Packers’ Association
State Lawmaker Held for Manslaughter
Detroit October 9 Representative Charles S Ward was held to the recorder s court for trial on a manslaughter charge in the Edith Presley case Judge Jeffries said there is a tendency to show the defendant was an accessory Ward expressed disappointment at the examination but declined to comment He said he went to Lansing for the special legislative session yesterday
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Detroit
Charles S. Ward
Recorders Court
Edith Presley
Jeffries
Ward
Lansing
Niehaus Advertises Wife Deserted Home Notice
New York October 9 Charles Henry Niehaus sculptor of McKinley and Grant statues posted a notice that his wife Regina Armstrong Niehaus has deserted their New Rochelle home and left creditors to him with no further debts to be honored.
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New York
Charles Henry Niehaus
William McKinley
General Grant
White House
New Rochelle
Noticis
Regina Armstrong Niehaus
Maud and Haakon in a Royal Whirl
London reports a busy royal month with visits by the German emperor and empress the king of Greece and a private journey by the king and queen to Sandringham. Norway's King Haakon and Queen Maud will stay in Norfolk as England hosts a wedding tour involving Prince Charles of Bourbon Princess Louise of France and visiting royals from Portugal Paris and Aosta.
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London
England
Greece
Sandringham
Spain
Hakon
Maud
Norway
Norfolk
Charles of Bourbon
Louise
France
Portugal
Paris
Aosta
Turn on blue light slang spreads from St Louis
A new slang phrase Turn on the blue light signals a demand for silence or disappearance. Originating in St Louis and spreading to the west and southwest the term rivals phrases like cut it out and put him on the toboggan in popular use. The expression uses a playful metaphor implying sleep when the blue light is turned on.
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St. Louis
Old St. Louis
Equal Suffrage Movement Aims to Wrest Power from Men
In San Francisco a movement to organize men and women for equal suffrage has begun. Meetings were held to plan, with leaders Mrs. Lillian H. Coffin and Mrs. Ida M. Cutting among prominent organizers. A circular letter goes to representative women statewide urging ballot rights. The group argues government by men costs more and corrupts, and women will balance public duties with home life.
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San Francisco
S. J. Fenton
Lillian H. Coffin
Equal Suffrage League
Ida M. Cutting
Women’s Alliance of
The
First Unitarian Church
Adna A. Dennison
Jean Kellogg
Thumb Reattached After Rare Surgery In Edwardsville
In St Louis October 9 a remarkable surgical feat restored a severed right thumb to Ben Jason a clay factory truckman after it was crushed. Dr Barnsback cleaned trimmed and reattached the fragment and kept the hand warm in an oven for three days and nights while the thumb healed though still stiff.
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St. Louis
Edwardsville
Ben Jason
Jason
Polar explorers faced hunger during ice bound voyage
V Stefansson and Ernest Dekoven Leflingwell reported hardships of the Leffingwell Mikkeltsen polar expedition kept ice bound in Beaufort Sea nearly a year. They were compelled to eat one of their dogs to survive.
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Chicago
Leffingwell
Pure Milk Crusade by Clubwomen Across the Nation
Washington called in as clubwomen nationwide launch a Pure Milk campaign to improve milk supply and market sanitation. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs through its pure food committee will push local campaigns, enlist health officials and inspectors, and back stronger municipal power and expert help to grade dairies and enforce cleanliness.
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Chicago
United States
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Pure Food Committee
Walter McNab Miller
Columbia
General Federation
Federation Bulletin
State Board of Health
Dairy Division
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Coupons for stamps in world mail plan
The post office department announced the completion of talks with foreign governments to set up an international reply coupon system. Citizens can send coupons convertible to foreign postage to prepay replies, with six cent coupons exchangeable for stamps of equal value to five cents U.S. postage. The Rome convention set a new foreign rate of five cents for the first ounce and three cents for each additional ounce, with Canada Mexico and Cuba exempted at two cents per ounce.
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Washington
Post Office Department
United States
Rome
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Salt Trust Reaches Understanding With Independent Makers
New York reports an accord between the international Salt trust and independent manufacturers to guide the market for evaporated salt. The move comes as labor and material costs rise and overproduction pressures prices higher than a month ago. Firms also cut back payrolls.
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New York
International Salt Trust
America balks at foreign grain plan
Hamburg dispatch says the international European committee for a grain certificate adjourned due to unfavorable prospects of acceptance by American shippers. A conference will be held later, possibly here or in London.
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Hamburg
International European Committee
London
Labor Trust Worse Than Rebates, Post Tells Citizens
Battle Creek Michigan October 1 President C W Post told the National Citizens Association that citizens are employers of public servants and must watch, punish abuses, and defend community liberties against labor and oil interests seeking to regulate travel and trade. He praised Battle Creek for resisting unions, noting high wages, home ownership, and savings as proof of citizen workingman capitalism.
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Battle Creek
Mich
C. W. Post
National Citizens’ Association
Dibor Trust
Oil Trust
America
Battle Cromek
Michigan
National Citizens' Industrial Association
Dutch proxies swing Illinois Central battle in Fish favor
Dutch proxies from about 4 000 shares join 20 percent European holdings to tilt the Illinois Central fight. With Holland stock backing Stuyvesant Fish, the outcome hinges on proxy votes from European holders and hundreds of Dutch investors.
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New York
Harriman
United States
Stuyvesant
Illinois Central
Europe
Holland
Fish
Prohibition Paper Plant Dynamited in Uniontown
The Tribune Publishing office in Uniontown Pennsylvania was blown up with dynamite. The Citizen daily edition issued to support the citizen democratic prohibition fusion ticket. A dynamite charge was placed in the engine cylinder and ignited from outside. No crew reported injured or present.
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Uniontown
Tribune Publishing Company
The
Citizen
Wildcats Shot On Express Cowcatcher At Greensburg
A wildcat riding the Chicago and Western express cowcatcher near Greensburg was shot and killed by Pittsburg officer James C. Stewart who was onboard to escort a prisoner. The incident occurred as the train passed Latrobe when the engineer noticed fiery eyes at the front.
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Greensburg
Pia
Chicago and Western Express
James C. Stewart
Pittsburg
Latrobe
J. C. Stewart
President May Urge 4 Giant Battleships
Washington Oct. 9 President Roosevelt hints at a landmark Navy expansion during his western and southern tour declaring support for a stronger fleet. He is expected to seek four battleships and funds for scout cruisers torpedo boats submarine and surface destroyers in the coming session of Congress.
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Washington
Bulls Loose Near White House Grounds
Two bulls wandered into a lot behind the White House and chased pedestrians. Police pursued the animals through city streets for about two miles before capturing them.
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White House Grounds
Washington
White House
Molten metal explosion kills four at Butler mill
An upturned pot in the Standard Steel No 1 cupola spilled 5700 pounds of molten metal igniting an explosion that killed four men and seriously injured about twenty, with many others burned beyond recognition. The plant and nearby buildings were shaken. most victims were foreign workers.
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Butler
Standard Steel Company
Nick Dorna
Nicholas Elotar
John Vereck
Prices Up Blamed On Food Law Across Markets
In New York this October dealers in meat and produce announce a 20 percent price hike citing the pure food law. They warn higher costs will rise further for top grades, with butter at 82 cents a churn, dried and canned fruits like corn tomatoes and prunes also climbing 20 to 40 percent. Rent likely to pinch suppliers by mid next month.
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New York
Roosevelt Promise For Beard Family Farm
Adrian Michigan news notes that A J Beard and his wife with eleven children sought aid from President Roosevelt. The president reportedly promised a forty acre farm if the family could improve for fourteen years, though Beard later says he doubts the pledge. The family faces illness and financial strain as they age.
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Adrian
Mich
Michigan
Darrow Undergoes Brain Tumor Operation in Boise
Clarence S. Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer and political figure, is seriously ill in a Boise hospital after undergoing brain tumor surgery. Close friends report his condition as grave, with his wife Mrs Darrow updating Chicago with discouraging health news.
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Chicago
Clarence S. Darrow
Boise
Darrow
Fighting Bob Evans Targets Navy Department
The pugnacious admiral known as Fighting Bob Evans criticizes navy orders for Atlantic coast practice. He calls out old fossils in Washington while continuing to run the battleship drills by his own plan. A recall decision may come, given his popularity and influence.
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Washington
Bob
Evans
Navy Department
Atlantic
Department
Neptune
Canada may order United States coal
Ottawa Ontario report says the deputy minister of labor warned the Spring Hillis mines in Nova Scotia that if they cannot supply coal for the International railway the Dominion government will be compelled to place an order for 60 000 tons with United States firms for the week for Dominion protection.
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Ottawa
Fatalities in shell sorting accident at Osaka factory
An explosion and fire at the Takatsuke shell factory in Osaka injure 63 girls fatally and over 60 more as workers sort condemned shells and cartridges. The factory and several boats carrying hazardous materials are burning, with ongoing crisis reports.
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Tokio
Oct
Takatsuke
Osaka
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